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The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled

The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled

You are the Bard, a selfish rogue weary of pointless sub-quests and rat-infested cellars. Now includes original classic games The Bard’s Tale 1, 2 & 3!

Released Dec 11, 2009 Developer inXile Entertainment Publisher inXile Entertainment, Xbox Game Studios Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux RPGAdventureComedyActionFantasy
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

75.1%positive1,352 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Only 24 percent of players have beaten the rats in the cellar (This is the first fight of the game) The single BEST comedy musical ARPG from the ps2 era! Avoid spoilers, this is key. The HARDEST top down ARPG you will never finish. P.S. The guy from Princess bride is the voice…”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“this has got to be the funniest RPG I've ever played. I've beat it multiple times and am fixing to reload and play it again”

— a player, Steam review · 63 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“i like it, BUT. its not worth 20 bucks, feels like a slog at time, and only 6.5% of players beat chapter 3.”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:37 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

7playing at last check
724-hour peak
318all-time peak
0 50 100 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 54 avg · Nov 2017

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

51achievements
3.6%median completion
1.2%rarest: Olde School Bard
25.9% of players 24.2% of players 14.3% of players 14.0% of players 10.4% of players 9.0% of players 8.8% of players 8.1% of players 7.8% of players 7.7% of players 6.6% of players 6.0% of players 5.9% of players 5.6% of players 5.6% of players 5.4% of players 4.9% of players 4.9% of players 4.7% of players 4.4% of players 4.3% of players 4.3% of players 4.1% of players 4.0% of players 3.8% of players 3.6% of players 3.6% of players 3.6% of players 3.6% of players 3.5% of players 3.4% of players 3.4% of players 3.4% of players 3.4% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 2.8% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.2% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.2% of players 25.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
25.9%Thunder Spider Tune — Learned the song of the Thunder Spider
24.2%Rodent's Bane — Defeated the rats in the cellar
14.3%Dog Whisperer — Talked to Roxy the dog
Rarest badges of honor
1.2%Olde School Bard — Finished the game on Olde School Mode
1.4%Stairway to Heaven — Donated 20,000 silver at the Kirks (churches)
1.5%Token Trove — Collected 20 tokens

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US19.99 USD
EU16.79 EUR
UK15.49 GBP
Australia28.95 AUD
Canada22.79 CAD
Japan2,050 JPY
Brazil37.99 BRL
China70.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$7.5 China Japan Canada EU US Australia UK≈$21

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 26, 2017
The Bard's Tale Remastered & Resnarkled now live on Steam!

Hi everyone, as part of our 15th Anniversary Celebration, we're updating The Bard's Tale with a new Remastered and Resnarkled Edition. This will be the new standard edition of the game. For those of y

Oct 26, 2017
The Bard's Tale Remastered & Resnarkled now live on Steam!

Hi everyone, as part of our 15th Anniversary Celebration, we're updating The Bard's Tale with a new Remastered and Resnarkled Edition. This will be the new standard edition of the game. For those of y

Jun 04, 2015
The Bard's Tale IV In-Engine Video

Greetings Exiles, We finally put the finishing touches on the video for The Bard’s Tale IV In-Engine Video. The biggest question we get is how we plan to bring the genre forward, and this video should

Jun 02, 2015
The Bard's Tale IV Kickstarter launched!

Greetings Exiles, It's been a long time. Released 30 years ago, Tales of the Unknown: The Bard's Tale was released to glowing reception and quickly became a defining role-playing game of the 80s, insp

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, RPG
Player tagsRPG · Adventure · Comedy · Action · Fantasy · Funny · Action RPG · Parody · Singleplayer · Classic · Hack and Slash · Isometric (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German * , Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian *
Achievements51
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.inxile-entertainment.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Pentium 4 2Ghz / AMD AthlonXP 2400 Memory: 512Mb Graphics: GeForce FX5700 or better / ATI Radeon 9600 or better DirectX®: 9.0c Hard Drive: 6GB of free space Sound: DirectX 9 Compatible Sound Card